• SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Iceland is already a pretty expensive place to visit and it’s honestly not that amazing (it’s beautiful for sure, but it didn’t stand out to me). Everywhere you go you have to pay to park and pay to camp. The food, drink, lodging, and transportation is super expensive already and a major part of their economy is built on tourist dollars. I’m curious to see how much the tax would be and how much of it goes to actually protecting their environment.

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      1 year ago

      Everywhere you go you have to pay to park and pay to camp.

      Whew, thanks for letting me know that.

      Now I will never be going there with my own money.

      • Anonymoose@infosec.pub
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        1 year ago

        Iceland is quite beautiful, I didn’t camp but I recall the park areas being quite fierce about not venturing off of walking paths to protect sensitive things like moss that take forever to grow. That may be a reason why they don’t allow dispersed camping. I’d say still go, it was beautiful in the winter and I didn’t find it too crowded or unbearably cold.

        • bobman@unilem.org
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          1 year ago

          I’d like to, but I’ll just go somewhere else beautiful that doesn’t try to gouge me at every turn.